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We are poorly resourced: ZRP

…As judge blasts police for ‘arresting to investigate’ Daniel Kachere Police investigating the gruesome murder of Tapiwa Makore (Junior) are yet to conduct searches at suspect Thanks Makore’s other house where his second wife resides due to lack resources. This emerged at Thanks Makore’s bail appeal application heard at the …

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Six new TV channels licensed in Zimbabwe

…nation celebrates job opportunities The Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe has announced the six new media houses that have been given television licences. The six applicants, who came out tops out of a shortlist of 12 aspirants, are Zimpapers Television Network (ZTN), 3KTV, Rusununguko Media, Kumba TV, Ke Yona TV and …

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Mnangagwa’s Covid-19 headache

Cases continue to rocketSchools teeter on brink of closureSickly economy can’t shutdownParents withhold children from school As it increasingly becomes clear that Zimbabwe is in the grip of another wave of Covid-19 – President Mnangagwa and his Cabinet find themselves at sixes and sevens. On Tuesday, Cabinet resolved to shutdown …

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Kasukuwere throws weight behind Chin’ono

Exiled former ZANU PF political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere, has thrown his weight behind journalist Hopewell Chin’ono, who is currently incarcerated at Chikurubi Maximum Prison. Chin’ono was arrested and charged on allegations of defeating or obstructing the course of justice. Kasukuwere openly sympathised with Chin’ono, who has taken the Second Republic …

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Mamombe’s trial at a standstill

Deputy Chief Magistrate Bianca Makwande has postponed her ruling on whether to accede to the State’s application to have Harare West legislator Joanna Mamombe’s trial separated from her MDC Alliance colleagues. Last week, State prosecutors Messrs Whisper Mabhaudhi and Michael Reza applied for her charges to be separated from those …

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Sex for water in Chi-town

By Abel KarowangoroDesperate girls and women in the dormitory town of Chitungwiza are resorting to the oldest trick in the book – using their bodies in exchange for favours. The women and girls are exchanging sexual favours for a few drops of water as both councils and central government fail …

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Sex for water as crisis deepens in Zim

Precious liquid scarcity worsensWater delivery business thrivesRise in waterborne diseasesGovt, councils clueless By Kundai MarunyaEntrepreneurs are racking in huge profits from water delivery services as temperatures continue to soar in Zimbabwe coupled with low water levels and deplorable service delivery. A combination of successive droughts that have seen water levels …

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Pfumvudza inputs sold on black market

– Beneficiaries claim to have excess– Product sold at half of market price– Farmers warned against inputs abuse– Experts bemoan resource wastage By Kundai Marunya Inputs for Government’s Pfumvudza and Command Agriculture programmes have found their way to the black market where they are being sold for less than their …

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